Employee Onboarding

Make your new employees feel like they belong right from the start. Help them integrate into the company, establish relationships, and start contributing effectively (and quickly).

Enable them to feel connected to the leaders and the broader context of their work. Share best practices to aid their learning and accelerate productivity.

Also, show them how - and from whom - to get support and guidance in different situations.

Get to know the leaders

Enterprise employees can spend months (or years) in an organization without meeting the CEO and executive leadership. Connect new hires to the company’s vision, mission, and priorities with video messages from the CEO and other leaders in the first weeks of their employment.

This increases their sense of belonging and can result in improved retention and productivity. 78% of organizations that invested in onboarding reported revenue increases.

Make vital information discoverable

23% of new hires who quit in the first six months attribute their departure to a lack of clear guidelines on responsibilities. Make directions and updates about roles, responsibilities, best practices, and compliance requirements easy to access.

Use a video platform to curate important content and create a "video destination" that new hires can search and access based on their interest and needs. Training videos, customer stories, employee handbook, benefits information, IT, and log-in info should all find a place in your onboarding gallery.

Video works particularly well for mundane content such as IT alerts, cybersecurity awareness, HR policies, organizational briefings, and employee bulletins to make it more engaging and entertaining.

A good video can convey complex information quickly and clearly, making it easy to understand and remember. But, even the best content becomes ineffective if people can't find what they need. Make it easy for new hires to find and digest information relevant to their roles and learning needs. Create a centralized hub for videos with accessible content, including transcripts and language translations, so employees can find what they need easily and your communications teams can track the performance.

Interactive videos that include features like quizzes, clickable areas, and branching scenarios actively involve the learners and keep their interest focused.

Focus on early engagement

Let your new employees learn at their own pace by allowing them to click back and review material or check their understanding of concepts. Interactive videos provide an engaging experience and make information more sticky.

You can also get more feedback when you incorporate elements like quizzes or decision-making scenarios. This lets employees quickly review their learning and correct their misunderstandings - it reinforces correct information, making for an effective learning experience.

Optimize the new hire experience with data

Use data to improve your onboarding, training, and messaging. Identify patterns and trends in your onboarding data to make evidence-based improvements and predict potential obstacles or challenges new hires encounter.

See how it can help you create an engaging onboarding experience for new hires.